Shape
Kylix
κύλιξ
27209 vases
The wide, shallow drinking cup of the symposium. The interior tondo — revealed as the drinker emptied the cup — was a prized space for painters. Some of the most intimate and inventive compositions appear inside kylikes.
Function & Use
Drinking wine at the symposium
27209 examples
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
band-cup
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
band-cup
band-cup
band-cup; skyphos
band-cup
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, STEMLESS, FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RELIEF)
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
CUP (EGYPTIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP (EGYPTIAN)
CUP (PROTO-ELAMITE)
CUP (PROTO-ELAMITE)
CUP (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP (CYPRIOT, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
CUP (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE, BLACK SLIP)
CUP, STEMLESS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
CUP, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, CHIAN)
CUP, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, CHIAN)
CUP, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, CHIAN)
CUP, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, CHIAN)
CUP, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, CHIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CUP (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, CHIAN, OUTLINE)
WG
CUP, FRAGMENT (EAST GREEK, CHIAN)
CUP, FRAGMENTS (EAST GREEK, CHIAN)
band-cup
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-450 to -400
CUP (EAST GREEK)
CUP (UNCERTAIN, BLACK GLAZE)
PLEMOCHOE (CORINTHIAN)
RF
SPLANCHNOPT P
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
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